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At a recent doctor visit it was deteremined that i have polycystic ovarian syndrome.

although infertility is one of the major problems associated with this condition, i am not focused on that since i am unmarried and not ready to have kids.

but i am having a serious problem with weight loss. currently i work out 5days a week and hour each day. 3 times a week i am doing cardio for the full hour and the other 2 days i do 45mins of cardio along with 15mins of light weights. needless to say NO WEIGHT IS COMING OFF. i also have almost a mile walk everyday to get to work and i usually walk that distance with 15-18 mins, which is good timining.

i log in all my exercise and calories burned doing these exercise daily. granted i know the machines cannot accurately tell me how much i burned but i figured the number is a ball park figure.

i cut my cal intake to about 1600-1800 daily which i thought was a fair amount but maybe i need to only eat 1200cals a day?

either way despite the fact that i have been going to the gym faithfully for 3 months and busting my butt daily, my gyn says i've gained weight

granted losing weight and having PCOS is hard enough but to make matters worse i have a doctor that is basically all over me like white on rice and seems to believe i am lying about my exercise routine or the fact that i do not eat a ton of food. so you can imagine my anxiety when i see my doc because all it is gonna do is turn into another debate about my weight and how i must need overeaters anoym or weight watchers.

now when i was diagnosed he never said that losing weight could be difficult because of the condition. i had to find that out online on my own. and i am somewhat disappointed that he has not linked my inability to lose any weight with the fact that i have PCOS.

either way i WANT to lose weight and i want all my hard work to pay off in terms of me getting skinner.

for the record a lot of my coworkers say i look thinner, my clothes are baggy, and it appears that i have lost some inches, but no actual lbs.

my blood work stated that i have no thyroid problems and i am not a diabetic. he started me on provera so i can start getting cycles and now i am on yazmin which he says will help with the condition and keep my cycle regular.

what methods have you used to lose weight and how long did it take? should i perhaps consult an endocrinologist to make sure that i do not have a thyroid problem? have any suggestions on how i can get my doctor to take me seriously when i say i DO exercise daily and are working toward loosing weight?